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NewsTokyo to reduce number of F-15Js to be upgraded
Japan remains committed to an ambitious upgrade programme for its Boeing F-15J fighters but has reduced the number of aircraft involved.
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NewsEtihad unveils several new Abu Dhabi routes as Wizz Air pulls out
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has unveiled several new destinations, hours after the disclosure that Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is suspending services. Etihad is opening seven new routes, most of which are to cities on the Wizz Air network from the United Arab Emirates capital. They include Almaty, Baku, Bucharest, Tashkent, ...
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NewsYak-40 testbed carries out first flight with UZGA VK-800 engine
Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA VK-800 engine. The Novosibirsk-based institute says the flight is to support the progress of the engine – intended for the UZGA LMS-901 utility aircraft, and other types – towards certification ...
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NewsWizz Air opening Romanian maintenance centre to ease slot constraints
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is opening a dedicated maintenance facility at Bucharest’s Baneasa airport, with the facility set to commence operations in October. The airline has a large presence in Romania, with 43 locally-stationed aircraft planned for the 2025-26 winter season. Wizz has eight bases in Romania, including ...
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ to extend loss-making streak as economic, geopolitical challenges remain
China’s three largest carriers – Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines – expect to prolong their post-pandemic loss-making streaks for the first half of the year, blaming a raft of economic and geopolitical challenges.
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NewsUS Air Force test pilots ferried Super Tucanos with ‘zero formal flight training’
Test pilots with the US Air Force had to transfer the Embraer turboprops to the service’s test pilot school in California, despite having never trained on the lightweight single-engined type.
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NewsAir Canada deepens ties with future Star Alliance carrier ITA Airways
ITA Airways has formed a codeshare partnership with Air Canada as part of the Italian carrier’s entry into Star Alliance.
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NewsL3Harris to upgrade Moroccan C-130s
The American defence systems integrator will provide an avionics update, depot maintenance, engine overhaul and other support efforts for the Royal Moroccan Air Force’s C-130H transports.
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NewsAlaska Air Group receives DOT approval for transfer of Hawaiian’s operating certificate
The DOT approved on 14 July the de facto transfer of “certificates and other economic authorities” held by Hawaiian to Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and wholly owned regional subsidiary Horizon Air.
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NewsAir India 787 fuel-switch puzzle could reinforce case for cockpit video recording
Investigators of the fatal accident will need to consider not only scenarios of inadvertent or deliberate pilot action, but also the possibility that neither crew member touched the fuel cut-off control.
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NewsNo survivors from Zeusch King Air take-off crash at Southend
Dutch operator Zeusch Aviation has confirmed that one of its aircraft was involved in the accident at Southend airport on 13 July.
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NewsNorway approved to acquire nine HH-60W helicopters in $2.6bn deal
Norway has been cleared to acquire nine Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopters as potential replacements for its fleet of special forces-roled Bell 412s.
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NewsWizz Air axing Abu Dhabi venture after struggling with operational and political obstacles
Budget carrier Wizz Air is suspending operations with its United Arab Emirates venture, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, and plans to withdraw from the company.
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NewsIndia tests Astra air-to-air missile with indigenous seeker head
India has successfully tested the locally developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile using an indigenous radio frequency seeker.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Marine Attack Helicopter completes live-fire tests
The Korea Aerospace Industries Marine Attack Helicopter (MAH) has successfully completed a series of live-fire tests.
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NewsEmirates to purchase four more A380s from Channel Islands leasing vehicle
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has agreed to purchase, by the end of this year, another four Airbus A380s which it currently operates under lease. Emirates is to purchase the four aircraft over the course of August to November, as their leases expire. It will acquire the jets for a total ...
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NewsQantas A380 damaged after Sydney airport aerobridge strikes engine
A Qantas Airbus A380 suffered damage after an aerobridge hit its engine before the aircraft was due to operate a flight.
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NewsIndian pilot association claims ‘bias’ against crew in 787 crash probe
Indian pilot representatives are insisting that they should be included in the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash inquiry, arguing that the preliminary findings lean towards bias against the crew. The initial disclosure by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau states that fuel-control switches moved to the ‘cut-off’ position moments after ...
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NewsCircumstances of fuel-switch movement become central to Air India 787 crash inquiry
While the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash inquiry has found that fuel control cut-off switches were activated almost as soon as the aircraft lifted off, the circumstances of the switches’ movement remain unexplained. Preliminary findings from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau simply state that both switches “transitioned” to the ‘cut-off’ ...
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NewsEngine fuel-supply switches transitioned to ‘cutoff’ before Air India 787-8 crash: investigators
India’s civil aviation regulator has released a preliminary report indicating that both of the jet’s fuel cutoff switches flipped to the “cutoff” position shortly after take-off – but neither pilot believed they had moved the switches manually.